A very busy day in Southampton with the centre closed to all but buses & taxis, huge queues for the Hythe Ferry & never seen so many people at Calshot Spit along with the boaters, sailors, windsurfers, kiters & half of Hampshire ;)Black Watch, Grand Princess, Queen Mary 2, Oceana & Independence of the Seas were all in port. Various excursion trips were being run and ss Shieldhall had a day out. The weather stayed fine with sunny intervals between the dark brooding clouds; no rain although it was quite windy & chilly at Calshot.

Views of the Portsmouth Ferries from the top of the Spinnaker Tower, inc Artemis as she sails between the Isle of Wight & Portsmouth on her way out of Southampton 16:30 - 18:00 30July 2009Celebrity Equinox, Crown Princess, Ventura & Arcadia in Southampton during the morning of 31 July 2009

Whilst on her delivery voyage to the US from Turku, Finland, Oasis of the Seas made a brief call at Charlie anchorage in The Solent to disembark a number of workers from the yard still aboard. She These photos were taken from beside Clarence Pier in Southsea around 16:15 2 Nov 2009

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An attempt to see both Emerald Princess & Princess Daphne make their inaugural calls at Dover. However Emerald Princess went to Zeebrugge instead as the winds were too high for her to attempt Dover & Princess Daphne sheltered along the coast finally berthing just before 16:00 [due 12:00], after I had had to leave.A few photos of the ferries at Dover in the wind - some waited outside port for a while before attempting an entrance with tug Dauntless standing by. Maersk Dover, SeaFrance Renoir, Côte d'Albâtre, European Endeavour, European Seaway - few others in the distance.

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